Toru Maekawa - September 29, 2004

"Bio-Nano Science and Technology"

(in conjunction with the Toyo University-University of Montana Symposium)

8:00 PM Wednesday, September 29, 2004University Theatre

Professor Maekawa will explain the revolutionary technological implications of bio-nano science, a field in which he has established an international reputation as a researcher.

In place of the standard seminar that speakers in the Series offer, Dr. Maekawa will participate in a symposium entitled, "Bio- Nano Technology and the Sciences." The symposium will take place on Thursday, 30 September, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. in the University Center Theatre, University Center 3rd Floor.

"Self-Organization in Nano/Micro Systems"

(In Collaboration with The University of Montana-Toyo University Symposium and the Philosophy Forum)

The first speaker in this year's President's Lecture Series is Toru Maekawa, a leading researcher in the field of bio-nano technology. The director of the Bio-Nano Electronics Research Center at Toyo University, he has voluminous publications on soft matter science, critical fluid physics, crystal growth, mesoscopic science, and convective instabilities. In place of the standard seminar that speakers in the Series offer, Dr. Maekawa will participate in a symposium entitled, "Bio- Nano Technology and the Sciences." The symposium will take place on Thursday, 30 September, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. in the University Center Theatre, University Center 3rd Floor. The times, list of speakers, and presentation topics are: